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Lot 653
ASSORTED MILITARIA comprising a Great War Princess Mary Christmas 1914 brass gift tin, complete with unopened packet of tobacco; a briar pipe, the bowl carved '1915 YPRES 1914', 'ZONNE BEKE' and 'ZANDV OORDE' (mouthpiece with broken tip); a silver, mother of pearl and enamel Royal Engineers sweetheart brooch; a meerschaum pipe, the bowl in the form of a hussar, 14cm long; and other items, (6).
Lot 878
ASSORTED COLLECTABLES comprising a small tortoiseshell box, 5.5cm high; a travelling inkwell; a silver propelling pencil by S. Mordan & Co.; a meerschaum pipe, with a silver band, cased; another meerschaum pipe, the bowl in the form of a lady with a feathered bonnet (stem broken), cased; a Thomas Hart Lambeth Cotton Driving Rope ruler by Rabone & Sons, Birmingham; and other items.
Lot 284A
A finely carved late 19th / early 20th century Japanese ivory family group of fisher folk, the man holding a fish on a basket, the woman holding an axe and seated on a bundle of sticks, the boy with flowering plant, 6 character signature to the base, height 19.5cm (woman arm with axe detached and missing pipe she was holding with the other) 794gm
Lot 162
A Nymphenburg pipe bowl in the shape of a Harlequin's head, circa 1757Modelled by F.A. Bustelli, Harlequin wearing a pilgrim's black hat applied with a scallop shell and a white ruff, the stem moulded with puce-edged shellwork, with a metal mount, 8.3cm high (small chips to hat)Footnotes:Another example which is in the Bäuml Collection is illustrated by A. Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml (1997), no. 61. Further ones are in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, the Deutsche Tabakmuseum, Bünde and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 109
A 20-Bore Flintlock Brass-Mounted Liveryman's Or Coachman's Pistol By Griffin & Tow, London, Circa 1775With slightly swamped barrel engraved 'London' within an elongated loop along the top flat at the breech, plain tang, signed rounded lock, figured full stock with raised apron around the barrel tang, mounts comprising border engraved scroll side-plate, vacant border engraved escutcheon, spurred pommel, trigger-guard with shaped finial, turned ramrod-pipe, and later brass-capped wooden ramrod (barrel and lock with some rust patination), Tower private proof marks and Joseph Griffin's barrelsmith's mark 17.8 cm. barrel Footnotes:Joseph Griffin & John Tow are recorded at 10 New Bond Street, London, between 1772 and 1782Cf. a very similar example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2016, lot 326For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 110
A 28-Bore Flintlock D.B. PistolBy Bass, London, Late 18th CenturyWith rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed along the rib, border engraved tang grooved for sighting and decorated with symmetrical foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks and cocks, the latter each with safety-catch and roller, figured half-stock with chequered rounded butt, large border engraved trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a Britannia shield between foliage on the bow, rear ramrod-pipe with pineapple finial, and horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks 22.9 cm. barrelsFootnotes:John Bass, in partnership with his uncle, John Fox Twigg, as Twigg & Bass between 1788 and 1790, is recorded working on his own at 19 Green Park Row, Piccadilly between 1793 and the year of his death in 1794. The business was closed by his widow Sarah following his death in 1795For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 343
A Pair Of French 25-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted D.B. PistolsBy Laroche A Paris, Silver Dechage Mark, Probably For Paris, Mid-18th CenturyWith barrels each with a gold line around the muzzles and gilt rays around the silver fore-sight, engraved in gold within punched and gilt borders along each rib and with gilt scallop shells and a martial trophy, the breeches each with a differing chased gold sporting trophy and with bands of gold foliage between gold lines, the side-flats gilt, tangs each with a gold starburst in the sighting groove and a small gold martial trophy on the tail, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks decorated respectively on the stepped tail with a recumbent stag and a boar beset by two hounds, border engraved bevelled cocks each decorated with foliage, highly figured moulded half-stocks each carved with foliage in low relief around the barrel tang and rear ramrod-pipe, the former with shell terminal, the back of the butts inlaid with symmetrical silver wire scrollwork, cast and chased mounts comprising spurred pommels each with an elaborate trophy of arms on both sides and grotesque mask pommel-cap, the spurs within silver wire wrigglework borders, trigger-guards each with moustachioed grotesque mask surmounted by a foliate finial, and with a raised rectangular panel on the bow, turned rear ramrod-pipes each with border engraved terminal incorporating the barrel-retaining screw (lugs loose), and original ivory-tipped ramrods each with iron worm (2)29.2 cm. barrels Footnotes:See J.F. Hayward, The Art Of The Gunmaker Volume II 1660-1830, 1963, pp. 182-184. Hayward states 'The most outstanding Parisian gunmakers of the mid-eighteenth century were the two Laroches, father and son. Jean Baptiste Laroche was Arquebusier du Roi during the reign of Louis IV and succeeded in 1743 to the logement in the Louvre, which had been occupied by the younger le Hollandois. He was aided in later life by his son, who in 1763, succeeded his logement in the Louvre'The ramrods can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 55
A French 16-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Sporting Gun For The Export Market By Alexandre Carlat A St. Etienne, Provincial Silver Marks For 1819-1838With long barrel with fore-sight centred on a gilt starburst, the breech deeply chiselled with a martial trophy against a gilt ground and engraved 'Canon. Tordu' beyond, the underside of the breech stamped 'Merley Fraysse Tordu', bright border engraved tang grooved for sighting, signed flat lock engraved with a wolf in a landscape on the tail, foliate engraved cock, top jaw and steel each engraved with branches of laurel, semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, the side-flat and rear of the butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and engraved silver foliage, border engraved mounts comprising winged foliate engraved side-nail plate, butt-plate with a townscape in an oval on the foliate heel tang, scroll trigger-guard with a heron in an oval between foliage on the finial and a hound in a landscape on the bow, turned rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant gold escutcheon, baluster ramrod-pipes each on a mount engraved as a double-headed eagle, and original horn-tipped ramrod, St. Etienne proof 122 cm. barrel Footnotes:An Alex Carlat is recorded in St. Etienne between 1817 and 1825. Merley-Fraysse (Fils) is also recorded in St. Etienne between 1820 and 1825The ramrod can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 64
A 20-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 11468 For 1841With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, case-hardened breeches (one nipple replaced) engraved with a scallop shell between and each with pierced engraved platinum plug, border engraved tang decorated with a blackcock in a landscape and scrolling foliage, border engraved serial numbered flat locks and hammers decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former each signed 'Jno. Manton & Son Patent' and engraved with cock pheasants in a landscape, highly figured half-stock (minor old bruising), border engraved reblued mounts comprising butt-plate decorated on the heel tang with scrolling foliage and a pheasant perched on a branch, D-shaped trigger-guard with a gundog in a landscape on the bow and pheasants in a landscape on the serial numbered tang, trigger-plate with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later brass-tipped ramrod, London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Previously unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 66
A Fine 29-Bore (.550) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle By Edward Paton, 44 George Street, Perth, Maker to H.R.H. The Late Prince Consort, No. 2329, Circa 1865With re-browned damascus twist sighted barrels with bright bores each rifled for a belted ball, signed in full along the top of the breeches and with matted rib, folding leaf back-sights form '50' to '250' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved recoloured breeches each with platinum plug and decorated with foliate scrollwork between, case-hardened tang engraved with foliate scrollwork, signed border engraved case-hardened detented flat locks decorated with scrolling foliage, dolphin hammers en suite and each with blued safety-catch (one with some pitting) in front, highly figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, butt (minor repair to toe) with cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts comprising hinged circular patch-box cover decorated with a stag in a landscape, chequered butt-plate with scrolling foliage on the heel, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with a running stag in a landscape on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon, sling mounts, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining most of its blued and case-hardened finish, London proof marks 75 cm. barrels Footnotes:Edward Paton is recorded in Perth and Dundee, Scotland between 1856 and 1885For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 68
An Irish Flintlock BlunderbussBy Calderwood Of Dublin, Early 19th CenturyWith twist two-stage barrel flared towards the muzzle, octagonal breech stamped with Irish registration number 'R-344' on the top flat, plain tang, flat bevelled lock stamped with maker's name in an elongated oval and with stepped tail, semi-rainproof pan and roller, bevelled ring-neck cock (comb incomplete), figured three-quarter stock (old bruising and split along the top of the grip on one side), plain brass butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with pineapple-shaped finial, brass ramrod-pipe of regulation type, and later brass-tipped ramrod 38 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 69
A Brass-Barrelled English Lock BlunderbussBy Thomas 1 Green Of London, Late 17th/Early 18th CenturyWith two-stage barrel flared at the muzzle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and with a ramp notched for sighting at the rear, plain tang, indistinctly signed flat lock with repaired pointed tail and separate pan, flat ring-neck cock with safety-catch (inoperative) at the rear, moulded figured full stock (old bruising, broken through and repaired at the grip, repaired beneath the tail of the lock and on both sides of the fore-end at the muzzle), brass mounts comprising butt-plate, the long pointed heel tang with moulded borders, trigger-guard with pointed foliate finial, single turned baluster ramrod-pipe, and old horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm (tang and lock with light pitting), London proof marks and Green's barrelsmith's mark 42 cm. barrel Footnotes:Thomas 1 Green was apprenticed to Edward Nicholson in 1686 and free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1693. He was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1720. He is recorded 'att ye Fowler' in the Minories in 1714 and was Gunmaker to Ordnance, 1697-1715, and to the Royal Africa Company in 1721. He was appointed Viewer and Proofmaster to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1715. Following his death in 1728 the business was carried on by his widow, AgnesFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 78
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock BlunderbussBy W. Brazier Of London, Circa 1740With long two-stage barrel slightly flared at the muzzle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and with horizontally grooved ramp at the rear, plain tang, signed border engraved rounded lock and cock, the former held by three side nails, figured full stock with apron around the barrel tang, brass mounts comprising flat side-plate, thin butt-plate secured by iron tacks, trigger-guard with pointed rounded finials, single brass ramrod-pipe, and wooden ramrod with iron terminal, London proof marks and unidentified barrelsmith's mark 'TA', a fleur-de-lys above 60.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:William Brazier was apprenticed to Edmund Weston in 1702. He was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1730 and 1747. Contractor to Ordnance between 1714-15 he is recorded to have had 28,844 guns proved at the London Proof House between 1721-31For another example by the same maker and sold in these Rooms, see Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns, 28 July 2010, lot 535For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 79
A Rare Irish Brass-Barrelled Flintlock BlunderbussBy Duffy, Dublin, Mid-18th CenturyWith three-stage barrel flared at the muzzle, engraved 'DUBLIN' along the breech in front of a band of foliage at its rear, and stamped with Irish registration number 'Q 2949' for Queen's County (Laois) on the mid-section, border engraved tang, signed border engraved rounded lock and cock, the former signed in capital letters, moulded figured full stock (minor repair at one side of the forward ramrod-pipe) carved with foliage in relief behind the barrel tang, brass mounts comprising side-plate cast, pierced and chased with scrolling foliage, vacant escutcheon with foliate border, butt-plate with border engraved heel tang, border engraved trigger-guard with cast foliate finial, turned brass ramrod-pipes (rear one with small hole, sling swivels removed), and later ramrod, Irish proof marks and two barrelsmith's marks 'ED', a trefoil above 41.4 cm. barrel Footnotes:Duffy appears to be unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 81
A Rare 18-Bore Flintlock D.B. Covert GunBy John Manton, London, No. 1237 For 1790With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed along the rib, breeches each with gold line and engraved with a starburst between, gold-lined touch-holes, plain tang grooved for sighting, signed flat bevelled locks (one mainspring and one cock retaining screw replaced, top of one steel repaired, one cock a working replacement, probably by the maker) each with stepped tail, semi-rainproof pan and roller acting on a ramp on the steel spring, figured half-stock (old bruising and some repairs, the latter mainly around the lock cavities) with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a gundog retrieving a gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, trigger-guard retaining traces of blueing and decorated with gamebirds in a landscape on the bow and with a foliate scroll on the scrolled tang, large pineapple finial, and rear ramrod-pipe with foliate finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, and later brass-mounted ramrod (some wear and light rust patination), London proof marks 43.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:Previously unrecordedThe crest is that of Viscount George Ashburnham of St. Asaph (1760-1830), later 3rd Earl Ashburnham. The family home is Ashburnham Place, SussexFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 82
An 18-Bore Flintlock D.B. Sporting Gun By J. Edmunds, Late 18th CenturyWith rebrowned twist sighted barrels (some old pitting) each with bright bore and stamped 'Narrow Twisted' beneath towards breech, breeches each with two gold lines and gold-lined touch-hole, the rib between engraved with a starburst, tang decorated with foliage inhabited by a bird and with a further starburst in the sighting groove, figured half-stock with cheek-piece and chequered grip, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with game birds on the stepped tail and with rainproof pan and roller, foliate engraved cocks (jaw screws replaced), border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some pitting) decorated with a gundog and gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, trigger-guard engraved with a star burst on the scroll, and signed within an oval in a landscape scene inhabited by a gundog and gamebirds on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with Prince of Wales feather finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks 79.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:A John and Abraham Edmunds are recorded in Worcester, Worcestershire in 1797For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 241
A 28 BORE POLISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY I. G. SCHWARTZ A OHLAU, CIRCA 1760 with tapering barrel formed with a long flat and fitted with brass fore-sight, plain tang with moulded back-sight, signed rounded lock, full stock (fore-end cracked) moulded about the lock and mounts and carved with foliage behind the tang, slender butt, full brass mounts including engraved solid side-plate, trigger-guard with moulded finial, spurred pommel, and rear ramrod-pipe and horn fore-end cap (later ramrod) 22.0 cm; 8 5/8 in barrel
Lot 232
˜A PAIR OF 24 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY WITH 19TH CENTURY DECORATION each with octagonal barrel struck with Suhl control marks on the left, bevelled lock of military type, fitted with external wheel retained by a slender bracket at the base, sliding pan-cover and angular dog, full stock profusely inlaid in engraved staghorn, bone and ivory including a running pattern of scrolling tendrils, ball flowers, game animals and scenes from the chase all within segmental frames, the butt decorated en suite, including an engraved bone collar decorated with pomegranates and foliage, and compressed pear-shaped pommel decorated with busts in contemporary dress on a matching field of foliage, iron trigger-guard and ramrod-pipe, and matching ramrods 39.8 cm; 15 5/8 in barrels
Lot 126
AN AMERICAN PRESENTATION CIVIL WAR SWORD BY W. H. HORSTMANN & SONS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1865-70 with pipe-backed blade etched with laurel foliage, a tent, the motto 'E.Pluribus Unum', an American eagle, a US shield on a trophy-of-arms and oak foliage above the maker's details on one face and similar designs including a native American warrior on the reverse, the back-edge etched 'Iron Proof' (very small chips, patches of staining and light pitting), brass hilt comprising a pair of scrolling frontal bars joining the knuckle-guard, the latter rising to a cap pommel, decorated throughout with foliage in low relief and retaining traces of gilding, vertically fluted nickel grip, in its original steel scabbard with brass mounts boldly engraved with foliage on the front, the locket and middle-band fitted with a ring for suspension, and the latter with presentation inscription (the scabbard with areas of light pitting and patinated overall) 89.5 cm; 35 1/4 in blade The presentation inscription reads: 'Presented to Col. Geo. Gray by the Officers of the Mich. 6th Cavalry'. On 12th December 1862 the Michigan Cavalry Brigade was formed in Washington D.C. with Colonel George Gray commanding the 6th Regiment. In July the following year Gray fought with Brigadier General George A. Custer at the Battle of Gettysburg. Custer recalls the ability of Colonel Gray and the men of the 6th Cavalry in his action report: 'The 6th Michigan Cavalry rendered very good service by guarding both my right and left flank: also by supporting Battery 'M' under a very hot fire from the enemy's battery. Colonel Gray, commanding the regiment, was constantly seen wherever his presence was most needed and is deserving of special mention.'
Lot 193
AN INDIAN CAVALRY PRESENTATION TRAY, A PIPE RACK OF SKINNER'S HORSE AND FOUR ASSORTED CARD CASES A massive oblong silver-plate tray, 24 in x 18 in, the rim with indented corners, engraved with a regimental device of the King's crown above crossed lances, two scrolls, one inscribed SKINNERS HORSE, the other HIMMAT-I- MARDAN-I-KHUDA, and DYO monogram, above another inscription: PRESENTED TO / MAJOR AM DANIELS / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS MARRIAGE / BY THE OFFICERS OF THE / 1ST DUKE OF YORK'S OWN SKINNER'S HORSE / 1ST NOVEMBER 1922; together with an ornately carved wooden pipe-rack, designed to fold flat, with holes for six pipes, the back with regimental device as above, within a circle, and a lower circle containing the monogram AMD (presumably AM Daniels), minor damage to upper circle; a photograph of a lady, in a plain-edged oblong silver frame (HM Birmingham 1920); a textured black leather case for two packs of cards by De La Rue, with silver corners (HM London 1905/6), and green silk lining to the lid and front (minor wear); a case in the form of a book with mottled cover and spine inscribed BRIDGE MARKERS containing two packs of cards; a cardboard packet inscribed DE LA RUE Society PLAYING CARDS, containing two packs of cards in their unopened wrappers; and a blue cardboard box also containing two packs (probably not a pair) (7)
Lot 212
A 22 BORE D.B. GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN FOR THE WURTTEMBERG COURT HUNT, THE BARRELS SIGNED BLAS SEILER VON EHING, CIRCA 1830 in the French taste, with blued barrels inlaid over their length with scrolling silver foliage and flowers, silver fore-sight, signed over the breeches and inlaid with a bouquet of flowers, silver vents, border-engraved tang decorated with foliage and decorated with the Royal arms of Wurttemberg in silver (rubbed), blued locks decorated with trophies-of-arms and trophies-of-hunting in inlaid and engraved silver, fitted with semi-rainproof pans and rollers, figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip each inset with an alternating arrangement of foliate and plain silver studs, the locks and tang enclosed by further minute studs, the former further enriched with silver wire and the latter with a pair of silver Medusa masks and foliate rondels, carved butt with finely scrolling foliate terminal behind the trigger-guard, raised cheek-piece profusely inlaid with vine fruit and foliage on the left, the right decorated with a matching design enclosing a star formed of alternating panels of dark stained horn and mother-of-pearl, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with neo-classical finial including a warrior head, and a putto playing a flute on the bow, butt-cap with a horse on the spur, rear ramrod-pipe with a bull's head, silver fore-end cap, silver escutcheon numbered '2', and associated steel ramrod 89.2 cm; 35 1/8 in barrels Blasius Sailer is recorded repairing firearms in the town of Ehingen, Wurttemberg 1825-6 and as a resident of that town 1838-40. The decoration is reminiscent of Christian Koerber who also worked for the Wurttemberg royal family.
Lot 209
A .700 CALIBRE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY FLUNCK IN ST PÖLTEN, CIRCA 1760-70 with signed rebrowned octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, fitted with associated brass back-sight and stamped with the barrelsmith's mark, a lion statant, its front paw on an orb above the initials 'E.F.', signed bevelled lock engraved with stag hunting scenes, fitted with engraved cock, steel and bridle (rubbed, top-jaw replaced), double set trigger, full stock carved with scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe, the tang and over the butt, the latter with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with sliding cover on the right (butt repaired), engraved brass mounts including solid side-plate decorated with a boar-hunting scene, trigger-guard, butt-cap and vacant escutcheon, three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 72.0 cm; 28 3/8 in barrel The maker's mark is not recorded in Støckel.
Lot 206
A 12 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY HANNS ROHR IN BAYREUTS (SIC), DATED 1661 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with a series of slender grooves and engraved with a garland around the muzzle face, engraved with scrolling foliage and large expanded flowerheads over the breech and muzzle, the former signed and dated ahead of the back-sight, engraved tang, flat lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a pierced openwork gilt-brass bracket decorated with a symmetrical arrangement of two sphinxes, fitted with sliding pan-cover with button release, finely engraved dog decorated with two monsterheads, fitted with gilt-brass bridle formed as a cherubic mask, and with an additional gilt-brass dragon, double set trigger, blackened full stock lightly carved behind the rear ramrod pipe, covered over much of its surface with large engraved silver plaques depicting scenes from the chase, including a fox with a bird-of-prey, a hunter and hound in pursuit of a boar on each side of the fore-end, a large prowling bear opposite the lock and a mounted nobleman beneath, the butt applied with further plaques including, on the left, a doe and stag in a woodland landscape on the cheek-piece and, on the right, with patchbox with sliding cover applied with a further silver plaque of a hunter in contemporary dress, pierced iron trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, silver butt-plate engraved with the owner's coat-of-arms and numbered '9', and silver fore-end cap (later ramrod and ramrod-pipe, some silver plaques restored), the cheek-piece applied with an early red wax gewehrkammer seal 83.0 cm; 32 3/4 in barrel Hans Ruehrer is recorded active in Bayreuth, Bayern, circa 1658.
Lot 223
A FINE .900 CALIBRE PERCUSSION RIFLE FOR LARGE GAME BY W. G. RAWBONE PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER, CAPE TOWN, NO. 2591, CIRCA 1865 with heavy octagonal barrel rifled with ten broad grooves, struck with Birmingham and black powder proof marks beneath the breech, the top flat matted, incised with a long slender sighting line terminating in a blued fore-sight at the muzzle and the rear terminal with a recessed circular panel (silver lining missing), folding back-sight of two blued leaves to 300 yards, signed 'W. G. RAWBONE PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER' within a frame of Greek key behind, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech struck with the gold-lined barrelsmith's mark, scroll-engraved bolster with engraved platinum plug (each side of the top flat with areas of light pitting), scroll-engraved case-hardened tang, border-and scroll-engraved signed case-hardened lock fitted with hammer en suite, half-stock with chequered grip (light bruising), inlaid with a small engraved German silver scroll on the left, scroll-engraved blued iron mounts (small areas of light pitting and wear) comprising trigger-guard, butt-plate, fore-end, rear ramrod-pipe and barrel bolt escutcheons, two further ramrod-pipes, the rear with a loop for a sling (the other sling swivel missing), and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod 81.5 cm; 32 1/8 in barrel William George Rawbone (1809-93) is recorded as a gunmaker with workshops in Birmingham, England, Cape Town, South Africa and, latterly, in Toronto, Canada. In 1862 his patent no. 2530 was granted for '..... improvements in gun barrels, and in machinery to be employed in effecting [them]..... a sighting line formed on the top of the barrels, or the mid-rib, by fixing silver wire in a square groove therein.....'
Lot 235
A FINE AND RARE 30 BORE HUNGARIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY D. FLOCH A PEST, CIRCA 1760 with browned etched twist barrel fitted with silver fore-sight on a bed of silver scrollwork, signed 'D. Floch a Pest' in silver letters on the flat, encrusted with further silver scrollwork enclosing the owner's arms supported by a pair of hunters in contemporary dress over the breech, gold-lined vent, chiselled tang, border-engraved blued rounded lock inlaid with silver wire scrolls en suite with the barrel, fitted with rounded cock and steel each decorated en suite, the latter with enclosed spring inside the lock plate, highly figured full stock (fore-end expertly repaired) carved in low relief about the barrel lock and mounts including a green man mask issuant with silver wire scrollwork behind the tang, inlaid with silver wire scrolls over the fore-end, behind the rear ramrod-pipe, about the tang and over the butt, full silver mounts comprising openwork side-plate, spurred pommel chased with palmettes and the cap with a warrior mask profile, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, escutcheon decorated with the owner's crowned arms supported by a pair of lions, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes and moulded fore-end cap and later silver-tipped wooden ramrod 30.2 cm; 12 in barrel Domonkos Floch is recorded in Pest circa 1760-70. Relatively few Hungarian firearms of this period are signed. See Géza 1911, pp. 209-227 and János 1971, p. 228.
Lot 230
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY HENRY (1) KIRBY, CIRCA 1690 with brass barrel formed in three stages, flaring towards the muzzle, engraved with strawberry foliage, struck with London proof marks and the barrel smith's mark at the breech, engraved iron tang, associated iron lock (seized), highly figured rootwood full stock, brass mounts (rubbed) comprising trigger-guard engraved with foliage on the bow and with moulded finials, butt-plate with pronounced heel finely engraved with strawberry foliage and a monsterhead and extending to a slender tang, escutcheon with a warrior mask and moulded ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing, worn throughout, the stock cracked through and repaired) 34.7 cm 13 3/4 in barrel Henry 1 Kirby was elected Beadle to the Gunmakers Company 1721 and died the following year.
Lot 254
A PAIR OF 32 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY CALVERTS, LEEDS, CIRCA 1830 each with browned twist sighted barrels inscribed 'Leeds' on the rib and struck with London proof marks beneath, engraved breeches with gold lines and platinum plugs, engraved grooved breech tang decorated with foliage, signed stepped locks decorated with foliage and starbursts, fitted with bolt safety-catches, pierced cocks, rainproof pans and steel springs with rollers, three-quarter walnut stocks, finely chequered butts, engraved steel trigger-guards with pineapple finials and trophies-of-arms on the bows, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheons, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, one with iron worm (the other replaced) 17.2 cm; 6 3/4 in barrels (2)
Lot 456
GUS: (1911-1997) Gustave Erlich. French comic Cartoonist. Well remembered for his publications in French newspapers Le Figaro, Le Canard Enchainé, and many others. An excellent signed original watercolour, `Gus´, one page, oblong folio, drawing paper, n.p., 1st December 1989, in French. Gus has drawn a funny sketch showing George H. W. Bush offering a peace-pipe to Mikhail Gorbachev, with the legend `Malta - Meeting Gorbachev-Bush´ in his hand. The drawing shows both leaders seated on a carpet, drinking vodka and coke, Bush stating “Pipe-peace. Old custom in our country”. VG
Lot 69
ROBINSON EDWARD G.: (1893-1973) Romanian American Actor, Academy Award winner. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Robinson in a half length pose smoking a pipe. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface creases, VG
Lot 523
SIMENON GEORGES: (1903-1989) Belgian Writer, creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Unusual autograph letter in English, A.L.S., Georges Simenon, one page, 4to, Lausanne, 31st August, n.y. [1986], on his personal printed stationery, to Andrew. Simenon states in English `I am an old writer (83 years) and I don´t create novels any more…´ Accompanied by a 6 x 8 photograph, unsigned, the image showing Simenon in a head and shoulders pose, wearing his hat and smoking pipe. VG
Lot 604
Adam Stanheight's (Leigh Whannell) broken hacksaw from James Wan's horror film Saw. Stanheight woke up with his ankle chained to a pipe and attempted to cut the chain with a hacksaw, which only broke the hacksaw.This black metal hacksaw features an adjustable frame, wing nut adjuster, and black plastic handle. The hacksaw has been purposefully weathered by production and does not include a blade. It is in excellent overall condition with minimal wear from production, including scuffing throughout and clear tape wrapped around one end. The hacksaw comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from the film's prop master, Bill Davis. Dimensions: 40.5cm x 9cm x 1.25cm (16" x 3 1/2" x 1/2")Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 Ω
Lot 253
A William IV 1822 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword to the Coldstream Guards, pipe back blade 32", etched with WRIV cypher and Garter star in panels, and Maker’s name Andrews, Pall Mall, London, regulation hilt with WRIV cypher. GC (the hilt well regilt, the blade polished); in a Field Officer’s brass scabbard. £200-250
Lot 258
A Geo IV 1822 pattern Infantry sword for General Officer, pipe back blade 34½” with faint etched panels including GRIV cypher and crossed sword and baton, regulation hilt with crossed sword and baton and non folding sideguard, in its gilt mounted leather scabbard, the locket with Maker’s plate of “Prosser, Manufacturer to His Majesty, London”, with gold bullion knot. GC, some gilt remaining (the blade sharpened, worn and polished) Plate 5 £200-250
Lot 264
A good Vic 1822 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword to the 45th Regiment, broad pipe back blade 31½” x 1-3/8" at the forte, by Lamprey, Dublin, etched with foliage, trophy of arms, crossed standards, battle honours in scrolls, Royal cypher, and crown over “45th Regt”, with regulation pattern gilt brass hilt with folding guard, in its gilt brass mounted leather scabbard. GC, the hilt retaining most original gilt (scabbard mounts gilt worn, leather worn and very weak just above the chape). Plate 5 £400-450
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